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End of Season 1!

[ericstevenson · 9/10 · 9 January 2017]

I thought I had seen every episode of "Rick And Morty" but this was one that went over my radar. While I personally didn't find it to be one of the best episodes, it's still awesome. It's probably because I just love the idea of Morty's parents going on a cruise that re-enacts the Titanic, only for disaster to strike, when disaster literally doesn't strike. While that's a little anti-climatic, it's still a great joke and it's mostly done well. Of course, the parts with Rick, Morty, and Summer are much better. It's a lot of fun to see these bright colorful aliens appear at their party.

I just love seeing these wacky designs of the aliens and how they all look different. I guess they probably could have done more with Lincler, but it's still a great concept. You always have to look after the credits for more stuff! There actually are some genuinely heartwarming moments at the end when they're all working together. I love how they flat out mention this is the end of the first season and it even directly leads up to Season 2. This really is a show with continuity, which can work well for comedy. ***1/2

An Episode that lives in the moment

[havoke-74121 · 8/10 · 24 September 2020]

Despite a semi tedious B-plot. There's a feeling while watching this, uncommon to season finales. Not sure what it is, but its very pleasant. Maybe Its just Rick and Morty's magic.......

Rick And Morty S1: The start of something great.

[edicionccq · 9/10 · 28 December 2019]

Rick Sanchez (Justin Roiland) is a brilliant scientist that has crazy adventures with his grandson, Morty Smith (Justin Roiland) through the entire universe and multiverse. Sometimes join with some other member of the family, like Summer Smith (Spencer Grammer) the teenager sister, Morty's mom, Beth Smith (Sarah Chalke) and his dad, Jerry Smith (Chris Parnell).

This is the plot summary for the entire show. It's an episodic show; every episode is a new adventure, and the continuity is usually brought up sometimes but it doesn't change a lot on the plot. But "Rick and Morty" have something that differentiates the show from others. It has a soul, and it seems to have a message "Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV". I'm joking with this last part.

"Rick and Morty" is a parody of the sci-fi genre, there's a lot of episodes that are a parody of some sci-fi movie (Anatomy Park-Jurassic Park) or maybe they use some concept of the genre, like travel across the multiverse, making devices that makes dogs smart and able to talk, a love potion, travel to another planet or dimension, or stopping time.

This show has many ideas and they are pretty well developed, the characters are so likeable and funny that you will remember the main characters and probably some episodic characters like the meeseeks.

My favorite and must-to-watch episodes of the season are 1x02 (Lawnmower Dog), 1x05 (Meeseeks and Destroy), 1X06 (Rick Potion #9), 1x08 (Rixty Minutes) and 1x10 (Close Rick-counters of the Rick kind)

This season gets 8 out of 10. Because I totally forget some episodes of the show like 1x09, 1x04 and 1x01.

End of season one

[amindostiari · 10/10 · 25 January 2021]

This episode, like the rest of the episodes this season, was great. The story was also wonderful. The jokes were great too. Summer is already with Rick and Morty, and that's good. I'm looking forward to the second season and I want to see what happens next!

S1: Consistently well-structured and entertaining

[bob the moo · 5 June 2018]

It was the same factor that both brought this show to my attention, and made me put off watching it - the fans. Endless memes and quotes from the show made me aware of it, and highlighted the common ground I had with it (Community's creator, the freedom of Adult Swim) so I had the strong feeling I'd like it. The viewer and critical response was also very good, but at the same time a lot of viewers seemed to be pretty fanboy-ish about it, in a protective way that always makes me wonder why the show needs such defense. The mockery of this fan itself becoming a meme with the "you have to have a very high IQ to understand R&M" copy/paste text.

All that to one side, I came into the show not knowing what to expect and without much attention to the hype. The first episode is a bit jarring as we jump right into an established scenario and characters; I wasn't sure how the bits fitted together, why Rick suddenly involved Morty etc in his work but hadn't before then, or how big sections of this world worked. I also didn't really care for how Rick or Morty spoke - the former burping and drooling too much without any reason, the latter mostly just squealing or delivering similar stuttering dialogue. Quickly though a lot of that went away. Partly I accepted the creation for what it was rather than worrying about the small details, and at the same time the energy and humor in the delivery of the pilot worked well.

This continued into the rest of the season and almost all of the episodes were strong in their construction, comedy, and concept. It is not as smart as the meme would suggest, but it is very well done as a piece of entertainment, and is committed to the endless world it spreads out in comparatively little screen time. Voicework is consistently good, and Roiland's delivery grew on me quite quickly. Other reliables in the cast include Clarke, Parnell, and other solid guest stars. The animation feels like its own creation, and while it feels familiar, the scope and detail of it shows the quality - most importantly when it needs to deliver a vison of this world, it is there on the screen to see.

A very strong first season; I'm glad I didn't let the hype or the extreme nature of some of the fans, put me off from watching.

Season 1 finished

[samuelmills-81017 · 10/10 · 20 September 2021]

Funniest show I've ever watched just finished season 1 onto season 2 love it hope u guys like rick and Morty.

King Of The World

[southdavid · 8/10 · 19 May 2020]

The first season of "Rick and Morty" culminates with this episode, which is another great, though not perhaps top tier addition.

With Jerry (Chris Parnell) and Beth (Sarah Chalke) away on a Titanic themed vacation, both Rick (Justin Roiland) and Summer (Spencer Grammer) host a party back at the house. With Morty (Justin Roiland) desperately trying to keep both parties under control, for fear of reprisal from his parents, his brief attempt to make some time with Jessica results in the whole house being transported to an alternate dimension.

The B Story - of Jerry loving the idea of the Titanic themed party, and the concept that it malfunctions and the ship doesn't sink is perhaps better in conception that it is in practice. It could have done with another beat to explain how Beth finds Jerry at its conclusion in order to save the day. But it's fine, as it's just justification to get them away from the house. The main story, with the house party is better. It introduces us to a couple of characters who will recur, namely Squanch and Birdperson, voiced by Dan Harmon. There's a lot more funny character beats and a bit of heart, if Birdpersons translation of what "wub-a-lub-a-dub-dub" means is true.

It's a great season of one of the all-time best shows.

Not a bad episode

[anselmdaniel · 8/10 · 22 March 2023]

This review contains spoilers.

Rick and Morty's eleventh episode in the first season is entitled "Ricksy Business." The episode has Jerry and Beth going to a Titanic reenactment and Rick throws a party at the Smith house. Both parties have misadventures.

Ricksy Business is another solid episode in the first season of Rick and Morty. The episode is a fun adventure for the audience that seemingly is meant for the characters to enjoy. The Titanic reenactment has a disturbing scene where the janitor attempts something on Jerry. The main attraction is Rick's party at the Smith household. There are so many fun characters on display in this episode that it became the appeal for this episode.

I would recommend "Ricksy Business" the season one finale of Rick and Morty.

Grade: B

Rick and Morty Season One

Rick and Morty's first season is a solid introduction to the entire series. This season does not have a single bad episode. All of the episodes in this season are thematically aligned. This season speaks to the absurd humor that the creators enjoy. There are many ridiculous and weird moments that are strangely humourous. The series merges the humor that I would have had trouble getting past in other sloppier shows. This series will move a mile a minute in all of the episodes. Each of the scenes has so much going on that it can be hard to follow if attention is split.

The problem with the first season is that it does apply absurdist humor to the maximum. There is almost nothing that is meant to stick to the characters besides their own history. Rick can do anything and invent anything. This is at the crux of all the series' adventures. Rick and thus the creators can introduce any science-fiction concept despite how ridiculous it is. The series gets a free pass at this because Rick Sanchez exists. Nothing in the series really matters except for Rick.

I would recommend Rick and Morty season one.

Grade: A.

One of the best seasons one show has ever got

[mateus_gores1 · 5 July 2018]

Yeah, i know how late to the party i am here. It has been more than 4 years since the airing of Rick and Morty's first season. After all the cult following the series has achieved, receiving lots of praise - sometimes in weird ways - and some hate too, just last month i got the will to watch it.

Following the adventures of a genius old scientist living in the house of his daughter accompanied by his not so brilliant grandson, the Adult Swin show take a already know background to surround them, and takes it to a whole other level. We have a pretty utilized formula for a family here: a smart wife who underwhelmed her potential as surgeon in benefit of her family, her husband, just an underdog common guy who tries his best to take care of his idea of a nice family and a teenage girl, with a lot of the characterists you would expect for someone at her age living in the country she lives.

Even knowing reasonably what the show was about, the aclaim it achieved and his proclaimed goals, i saw myself surprised on almost of all of the episodes by the excellence it attains on entertainment and the cleverness of the plots and jokes it gets here and there. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying you need some above the average qi or a lot of knowledge in physics or maths to get it. This is a comedy show, not "you are too smart to get it" thing - if something like that exists. However, the plot twists of Rick Potion #9 and Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind, accompained by an awesome soundtrack and, like all the episodes, lovely jokes and dialogues, are excellence in what we know as cartoon series.

The rest of the family, nonetheless looking common from other series, are well explored on M. Night Shaym-Aliens! and Rixty Minutes, for example. Their frustrations, weaknesses, dreams, goals and disappointments are showed in a way which few productions with just 23 minutes by episode did so far. The capacity of getting so many aspects of this universe in just 13 episodes is baffling, at least to me.

This exploration of the characters of course gets the protagonists of the show too. Even if not explaining exactly why Rick choose Morty as his partner for so exquisite situations, the aspects of this old man are talked about through the series as well. Such great mind couldn't help but have his insecurities, defenses, bad habits, fears and afections, all of them being masked by a rude and funny character. Same goes to Morty, whose constant insecurity, cowardice and cowardice frequently play a counter look to Rick's personality.

The animation fits perfectly in the mood and proposal of the plot, probably couldn't have been better. The voice acting, for some a little forced sometimes - the burps of Jerry are the best example of that - is a very smart look on the personalities of those characters, really useful for a show with short time per episode.

In this way, Rick and Morty's first season almost achieves a "perfect" avaliation for me. If this was about "awesome" and "not THAT great" episodes, i could put just two episodes on the second classification, with them being the Pilot and Something Ricked This Way Comes. Really, everyone should have a chance to see this show.

Season 1 completed

[thorodinson-50130 · 31 May 2021]

Just have finished season 1 by watching. It is full of fun and comedy.